Madam, - A contributor to this week's Sunday Miscellanyon RTÉ Radio 1 referred to one of Thomas Moore's songs as "Believe me of all those endearing young charms". At the end of the programme, the announcer described it in exactly the same way.
An error of a single letter, maybe, but it reinforces the impression that people in today's Ireland have lost touch with something important. When we can no longer recall the titles of Moore's Melodies, let alone sing them, heaven help us all. - Yours, etc,
PAUL GRIFFIN, St Helens, Merseyside, England.